Man charged in Bath assault, suspect in bank robbery

Rochester resident Howard D. Larkin, 34, was sent to the Steuben County Jail without bail on charges he assaulted someone with a weapon in the Town of Bath on July 23, and he is also wanted for questioning for suspected involvement in an Elkland, Pa., bank robbery.

Larkin was charged with second-degree assault, second-degree menacing, third-degree criminal possession of a weapon and unlawful possession of marijuana, New York Statr Police at Bath and Wayland said. Police said Larkin is charged with causing serious injury to another person with a deadly weapon. They did not identify the victim nor type of weapon.

Police said additional charges are pending in both New York and Pennsylvania. Police are investigating the July 25 robbery of Citizen’s & Northern Bank on Main Street in Elkland where they say a man fled with an undisclosed amount of cash.

Assisting state police were the Steuben County District Attorney’s Office, Village of Bath Police Department, City of Rochester Police Department and Elkland Police Department.